1976
PG
New World Pictures
1 h 33 m

1976
PG
New World Pictures
1 h 33 m

Summary This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll need to drive a little faster than that. Well actually, they will need to drive a LOT faster that 55.

Directed By: Paul Bartel

Written By: Don Simpson, Paul Bartel

1976
PG
New World Pictures
1 h 33 m

1976
PG
New World Pictures
1 h 33 m

Cannonball!

Name: Cannonball!
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1976-07-06
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Rating: 35
Cast: David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Paul Bartel

Written By: Don Simpson, Paul Bartel

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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Austin Chronicle

Sharp-eyed viewers will spot director Corman, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone, Joe Dante, and Paul Bartel in bit parts while Mary Woronov takes an incredibly long time to maneuver her van through a multi-car pileup. Sure, it's a ripoff. Sure it's brainless. Cannonball is still a definitive drive-in car chase flick that's gonna make you want to tromp the gas pedal and burn rubber on the way home.

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Time Out

Cannonball lacks its predecessor's dramatic tension, and by the middle of the film Bartel's disregard for narrative in favour of a series of jokes leaves no dramatic resolution.

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TV Guide Magazine

Far from Bartel's best exploitation work but worth a look for low-budget cult fanatics.

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Variety

Cannoball will please those who won’t rest until they see every car in creation destroyed and aflame.

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Chicago Sun-Times

It tries for the greatest realism in its obligatory shots of gas tanks exploding, and yet includes such absurdities as a local news helicopter that tracks all of the competitors all the way from LA to New York. To be sure, without the traffic copter the story would have been impossible to follow - but then why follow the story anyway? In the meantime, can we possibly hold our breath for "Gumball Rally?" I'll bet I can.

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Production Company Cross Country Productions, Shaw Brothers, Harbor Productions

Release Date Jul 6, 1976

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating PG

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Tagline See the Pile-Up of the Century!

Cannonball!

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David Carradine

Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman

Bill McKinney

Cade Redman

Veronica Hamel

Linda Maxwell

Gerrit Graham

Perman Waters

Robert Carradine

Jim Crandell

Belinda Balaski

Maryann

Judy Canova

Sharma Capri

Archie Hahn

Zippo

Carl Gottlieb

Terry McMillan

Mary Woronov

Sandy Harris, Girl in the Van #1

Diane Lee Hart

Wendy, Girl in the Van #2

Glynn Rubin

Ginny, Girl in the Van #3

James Keach

Wolfe Messer

Dick Miller

Bennie Buckman

Stanley Bennett Clay

Beutell

David Arkin

TV Producer, Anchorman

John Herzfeld

Sharpe

Louisa Moritz

Louisa

Patrick Wright

Brad Phillips

John Alderman

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